Diocese of Trapani

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Diocese of Trapani
Map of the Diocese of Trapani
Basic data
Country Italy
Church region Sicily
Ecclesiastical province Palermo
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Palermo
Diocesan bishop Pietro Maria Fragnelli
Emeritus diocesan bishop Francesco Miccichè
Vicar General Vito Filippi
surface 1,089 km²
Parishes 94 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 205,480 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 199,400 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 97%
Diocesan priest 69 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 33 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 1,955
Permanent deacons 20 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Friars 39 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 143 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Italian
cathedral San Lorenzo Martire in Trapani
Website www.diocesi.trapani.it/
Ecclesiastical province
Map of the ecclesiastical province of Palermo

The diocese of Trapani ( Latin Dioecesis Drepanensis , Italian Diocesi di Trapani ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy , located in Sicily , with its seat in Trapani .

It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Palermo in the ecclesiastical region of Sicily and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo .

history

The diocese of Trapani was established on May 31, 1844 from part of the territory of the diocese of Mazara del Vallo . Like this, it was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monreale . When the ecclesiastical province of Monreale was dissolved on December 2, 2000, the diocese was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Palermo .

See also

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Trapani  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Trapani Cathedral